The Truth About Jeb Bush's Presidential Ambitions

[Matt Collins]

There is something very much wrong with the pursuit of power for the sake of power.

Replace the word "money" and it might allow you to see things differently.

There is nothing wrong with acquiring money for yourself.
There is nothing wrong with acquiring power for yourself.

HOW you acquire your money or power, and what you use it for once you have it, is the important part.

And there is something deeply corrupt about a political system that is concerned only with power. This article is concerned ONLY with power - who has it, who is likely to get more of it. It says NOTHING about what any of the characters involved would DO with power and the neglect of that implies very strongly that principles are irrelevant to the author. And, in fact, principles ARE irrelevant in politics - at least as far as I have seen. Maybe you will help change that. But the thinking betrayed in this article is part of the problem, not part of the solution.

The point is that you can't do anything without power, which means you must have power to push your agenda. Power isn't bad, but most of the people who have power these days don't use it for liberty purposes. And yes it is possible to use power to advance the cause of liberty. In fact it is the only way to advance the cause of liberty.